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BUSINESS / Economy

May 31, 2021

Japan's factory output rose in April on overseas demand for capital goods

The world's third-largest economy is expected to grow in the current quarter at a slower pace after the government extended COVID-19 emergency measures.

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ASIA PACIFIC

May 31, 2021

North Korea slams end to U.S. guidelines limiting South's missile range

Pyongyang criticized the recent termination of a U.S.-South Korea pact that capped the development of Seoul's ballistic missiles, calling it a sign of Washington's 'shameful double-dealing.'

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ASIA PACIFIC

May 31, 2021

Taiwan delays further water curbs after heavy rainfall

Subtropical Taiwan is dealing with its worst drought in history after no typhoons directly hit the island last year, meaning much less rain.

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ASIA PACIFIC

May 31, 2021

Australia and New Zealand call on China to let U.N. visit Xinjiang

A joint statement from the leaders' annual meeting also included statements on Hong Kong and the South China Sea, two other areas that China regards as domestic affairs.

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MORE SPORTS

May 31, 2021

Helio Castroneves joins elite club with fourth Indy 500 victory

An estimated crowd of 135,000 was announced after last year's delayed race was run without a crowd.

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TENNIS

May 31, 2021

French Open deletes tweet targeting Naomi Osaka's choice to skip news conferences

The tweet showed pictures of Rafael Nadal, Kei Nishikori, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff engaging with the media along with the caption: 'They understood the assignment.'

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WORLD

May 31, 2021

Find origin of COVID-19 or face another pandemic, U.S. experts warn

The world needs the cooperation of the Chinese government to trace the origins of COVID-19 and prevent future pandemic threats, two leading U.S. disease experts said.

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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!

May 31, 2021

Jump is a dog that's as upbeat as 1980s rock

Jump is a 3-year-old ball of energy that, if you were around in the early 1980s, may well remind you of the rock classic by Van Halen. That song could be this Jump’s anthem: “I get up and nothin’ gets me down.”

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ASIA PACIFIC

May 30, 2021

Myanmar COVID-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup

Breathless and without the extra oxygen that could help keep them alive, the patients at a hospital in Myanmar highlight the threat to a health system near collapse since February's coup.

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BASEBALL / MLB

May 29, 2021

Shohei Ohtani takes first loss as Angels fall to A's in pitching duel

The right-handed pitcher also sparked a heated moment in the third when he threw a 93.3 mph (150 kph) fastball that flew up and in near batter Mark Canha's head.

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ASIA PACIFIC

May 29, 2021

Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and U.K. COVID-19 variant

After successfully containing the coronavirus for most of last year, Vietnam is now battling a growing outbreak fueled by variants.

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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS

May 29, 2021

If not now, when? COVID-19 spurs global push to tackle wealth gap.

Governments worldwide, facing strong evidence that fallout from COVID-19 has widened wealth gaps as well as wrecking economies, have expanded social safety nets.

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BASKETBALL / NBA

May 29, 2021

Knicks to sell playoff tickets exclusively to fully vaccinated fans

The New York Knicks announced Friday that tickets for games at Madison Square Garden will be sold exclusively to fully vaccinated fans should the team advance past the Atlanta Hawks.

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ASIA PACIFIC / Society

May 29, 2021

When is a sausage just a sausage? Controversial ads fuel South Korea's sexism debate.

This month three South Korean companies and the Seoul police have had to pull ads and other content after men's rights groups claimed that 'small penis' symbols were used, insulting men.

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MORE SPORTS

May 29, 2021

IndyCar veterans not ready to yield to youth movement at Indy 500

The 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' is shaping up as a clash of generations.

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OLYMPICS

May 29, 2021

Britain's 'old man' Whitlock heading to Tokyo Games with no plans to slow down

Whitlock said he was preparing for every eventuality, including moving his pommel horse into an empty hall to train in absolute silence.

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EDITORIALS

May 29, 2021

An inexplicable lack of urgency stalls Japan’s vaccination campaign

Japan has the lowest rates of confidence in vaccines in the world, with just 30% of Japanese saying they “strongly agreed” that vaccines are safe and effective.

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TENNIS

May 29, 2021

Naomi Osaka's plan to skip French Open news conferences met with both support and criticism

Naomi Osaka received support from several athletes on Thursday but was slammed by French Tennis Federation President Gilles Moretton.

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ASIA PACIFIC

May 28, 2021

Hong Kong court hands Jimmy Lai another jail term for protests

Lai is among the besieged members of the pro-democracy movement that Hong Kong has been imprisoning or detaining while they await trial as Beijing tightens its hold over the city.

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ASIA PACIFIC

May 28, 2021

Hong Kong passes Xi plan to end only open elections in China

The move effectively ends China's only experiment with open elections, a vestige of the democratic system implemented during last years of colonial rule.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.

How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic

By Alex K.T. Martin

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